It seems impossible to meet new people these days. The same lungs are belting out Black Sabbath at the Lamplighter. The same unpublished authors are critiquing your (admittedly slipshod) novel in every writing workshop in town.

Yet here’s one little dining event trying to bring the unknown into your life.

“Dinner with 6 Strangers” is kicking off tomorrow at Alchemy. The South Park restaurant has reserved two tables for 12 strangers to engage in “spontaneous song, inspired conversation, and food that drips with rich flavors and sweats with meaning.”

The all-inclusive $48 tab buys you three seasonally inspired courses from chef Ricardo Heredia’s kitchen, alcoholic drink pairings, and by the end of the evening, each guest will reveal a guilty secret… Maybe not. But a monthly event where strangers are lured to a fabulous dinner has all the makings of a British mystery, right?

“Dinner with 6 Strangers” is from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7. Space is limited to 12 people. RSVPs with credit cards only at alchemysandiego.com.

Over at the Linkery, the establishment named after sausage links stringed together, there’s a vegan dinner and beer pairing. Always one to play against type, that Jay Porter.

And the Linkery's owner says there’s a great lineup of specialty beers (cask and fresh hop), and four farm-to-table dishes made without animal or dairy products. Each pairing is $9 for the food and a half pour of beer. Something salivation worthy on the vegan menu? California tacos made with Reed avocados, portobello mushrooms, French fried Green Mountain potatoes, cabbage, and pico de gallo, washed down with Telegraph California Common Ale.

Starts at 5:30 p.m. Thursday and…”non-vegans also welcome,” says Jay.

And for those of you on a liquid diet, Jsix has half-price bottles of wine Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. You could also float over to chef Christian Graves' sustainable creations -- for happy hour there's always the J Burger on a kaiser roll. After 8 p.m. hit a shared plate, like a raw bonanza of Hawaiian tuna, oysters, smoked wild salmon tartare and scallop ceviche.